Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At Sydney’s close, the additional 0.00% was at its highest point for a 1-month.

Healius Ltd. (ASX:) was the best performer of the session, rising 4.00% or 0.190 point to close at 4.940. Wesfarmers Ltd., (ASX 🙂 increased 3.17% to reach 57.310. Auckland International Airport Ltd. was up 2.93% to 7.72.

Lynas rare earths Ltd (ASX) was the worst performer of the session, falling 8.06% (0.600 points) to close at 6.840. Aurizon Holdings Ltd (ASX) fell 6.17%, or 0.240 points, to reach 3.650. Mineral Resources Ltd was at 39.38.

On the Sydney Stock Exchange, falling stocks outnumbered those in progress by 693 to 644, and 438 was unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.20% to 11.872 a new 1-month low.

The December delivery of Gold Futures was higher by 0.59%, or 10.55 percent to $1792.45 per troy ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil fell 0.08 or 0.10% to $82.42 per barrel. The December Brent oil contract dropped 0.14 or 0.17% to $84.47 per barrel.

The AUD/USD rose 0.422% to 0.7497 while the AUD/JPY rose by 0.39%, to 85.43.

US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.5% at 93.618.